Alicia Keys
Biography
Alicia Keys, born Alicia Augello Cook in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen, is a singer, songwriter and pianist from the United States who began writing songs as a child and studied classical piano. She signed with Columbia Records as a teenager, then moved to J Records, where her debut album Songs in A Minor (2001) sold more than 12 million copies and earned her five Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist. The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003) sold eight million copies, and her duet with Usher, My Boo, gave her another US number one single. Later albums include As I Am (2007), The Element of Freedom (2009), Girl on Fire (2012) and Here (2016). Her film debut came in the action thriller Smokin' Aces (2006), and she also wrote and co-produced Hell's Kitchen, her first Broadway musical, which took two Tony Awards. She has sold over 90 million records and won 17 Grammys.
45years old
Turns 46 on January 25in 115 days
- Born Hell's Kitchen
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Alicia Augello Cook (birth name)Also credited as Lellow
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 17 years2006 to 2023
Genres
- Documentary63%, 5 films
- Drama50%, 4 films
- Music25%, 2 films
- Action13%, 1 film
- Comedy13%, 1 film
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First role
Keys made her acting debut at age four, playing Maria, one of Rudy's slumber-party friends, on The Cosby Show in 1985.
About the name
At 16, Keys nearly used Wilde as her stage name. Her manager then proposed Keys, which came to him in a dream.
A first
For Quantum of Solace, Alicia Keys and Jack White, the White Stripes guitarist and lead vocalist, recorded the theme song "Another Way to Die." It was the first duet in Bond soundtrack history.
A first
Alicia Keys was announced as host of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on January 15, 2019. Her hosting duties on February 10, 2019 marked the first time in 14 years that a woman had hosted the show.
Alicia Keys movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Alicia Keys made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Samuel L. Jackson's page
Liam Neeson's page
James Franco's page
Ray Liotta's page
Meryl Streep's page
Paul Giamatti's page
Joe CarnahanDirector, 1 film, 2006
All films by Joe Carnahan
Robert PulciniDirector, 1 film, 2007
All films by Robert Pulcini
All films by Shari Springer Berman
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 2002 to 2017, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | |||
| 2013 | Best R&B Album | Won | |
| 2011 | Best Melodic Rap Performance | Empire State of Mind | Won |
| 2002 | Best New Artist | Won | |
| 2002 | Song of the Year | Fallin' | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2017 | Ambassador of Conscience Award | Won | |
| 2017 | Time 100 | Honored | |
| 2016 | BBC 100 Women | Won | |
| Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.